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kinetin

[ kahy-ni-tin ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. a synthetic cytokinin, C 10 H 9 ON 5 , that retards senescence in plants.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kinetin1

First recorded in 1955; kinet(o)- + -in 2

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